About This Gigapan

taken with Canon SD790, views of Coal Oil, Ellwood beach area to Santa Ynez mountain range. Mountains show 2008 Gap Fire burn areas above Goleta. Beach has old collapsing wood piers that supported a road, probably just to reach the oil wells there, that have been mostly abandoned. Eucalyptus trees are from the original forest created by Mr. Ellwood Cooper (good history of Goleta here: darwinbondgraham.blogspot.com/2008/08/goleta-bad-land-in-may-1960-i-joined.html ), who believed the Australian trees (and other plants) would be the best thing for this dry area. They make for great Monarch butterfly resting areas and they make for great fires as well (some wanted, some not!).